Seems as though the Americans have a care for their salmon when things hot up by closing rivers at a stroke to protect them.  Imagine the hue and cry, red tape involved if it were tried here.
Note too the continued requests for conservations methods and angler being urged to return fish as stocks decline.  Its plainly not the answer is it, pxxxsing into the wind quite frankly..

Still more interesting than the WUF update below it.  Liked the bit about small fish being stranded - just take a look at the upper tribs where salmon where encouraged to go and spawn where they had never been before.
Water now running through the pebbles not over them.

Atlantic Salmon Federation News    Thursday, July 31, 2014

ASF RIVERNOTES - Salmon in the heat ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This week's ASF RIVERNOTES includes two travel reports from ASF Regional Directors providing extra insight into the 2014 Atlantic salmon situation. Read more: http://atlanticsalmonfederation.org/rivernotes/ ASF RESEARCH BLOG - Searching for Needle in a Haystack How do you search for a single Atlantic salmon in the Miramichi River? Read on: http://asf.ca/research-in-the-field.html ASF's Bill Taylor Calls for Anglers to Release all salmon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A short video clip with CBC, in which ASF's President Bill Taylor discusses the 2014 salmon returns and the need for anglers to release fish. http://asf.ca/asf-calls-for-anglers-to-release-all-salmon-cbc-.html Charles Cusson en entrevue vidéo traitant de l'importance de la remise à l'eau cette saison avec le quotidien La Presse  http://link.videoplatform.limelight.com/media/?mediaId=0a0655e4840d4f94a2314550c9f0ff5c&width=480&height=321&playerForm=Player Tougher Measures Needed to Save Wild Salmon    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Telegraph-Journal saw the importance of  special conservation measures this summer with a major page 1 article. Read more: http://asf.ca/tougher-measures-needed-to-save-wild-salmon.html Hot Temperatures Bad for Anglers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Newfoundland is experiencing record-breaking heat, requiring closure of many rivers to salmon angling. Read more: http://asf.ca/hot-summer-temperatures-bad-news-for-anglers.html Note: Go to ASF RIVERNOTES this week for a link to the latest DFO listings of closed rivers. Restoration on Nova Scotia's Cheticamp River ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Interesting description of stream work being carried out on this important Cape Breton salmon river. http://asf.ca/cheticamp-river-restoration-continues.html Canadian Government Plans to Unveil New Aquaculture Regulations in Aug. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ASF's is quoted in an article detailing the government 's approach to new upcoming aquaculture regulations. http://asf.ca/dfo-may-unveil-streamlined-aquaculture-regulations-in-augus.html Wye & Usk Foundation News Update 31st July, 2014 Still no real change to the on-going drought and even the Royal Welsh Show at Builth Wells failed to produce a single raindrop! There are promises of imminent rain but each day seems to reduce what we can expect and the amount needed to move the river will be large. The upper Wye dropped to its lowest level in recent years when the regulation flow from the Elan dams was switched off during Royal Welsh show week. The sudden drop was not ideal, leaving a number of small fish stranded to die in the heat or to be consumed by the delighted herons. Could this have been avoided? So far there has been no word from Dwr Cymru/Welsh Water or from Natural Resources Wales, who between them are responsible for the control. What we can say is that it wasn't a problem of water shortage in the dams. Good news from the first round of the Welsh Government's Nature Fund. Coed Cymru and the Welsh rivers trusts were awarded £650,000 to plant shelter belts, reduce run off and tackle diffuse pollution across several catchments - we will give more details when final confirmation is received. Good news too from Goodrich where a 9lb 3oz (his PB!) daughter for Adam Fisher, WUF's Fisheries Consultant, was born. There has been some successful trout fishing but coarse fishing catches have started to tail off in the rising water temperatures. There have been no reports of any salmon catches for the last 10 days. There are some days that have become free at Wyesham - if the weather changes please contact the Booking Office (number below). Don't forget the Herefordshire Country Fair this weekend - Sunday 3rd August at Caradoc, Sellack. All the best from WUF.